Florist wire dispenser



Feb. 9, 1937. D. e. METZGUS FLORIST WIRE DISPENSER Filed May 6, 1936 ooco o o o o o o 0 0 ocooo 0 0 00 INVENTOR. r 01? G. ME'ZZG US.

' BY I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in dispensing devices, and hasparticular reference to a device for dispensing wires, such as are usedby florists.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a device which willdispense one or more wires in such a manner that they may be readilygrasped for the purpose of wiring flowers, corsages, or bouquets.

A further object is to produce a device of this character wherein aquantity of wires may be housed and only a few dispensed at a time, thuseliminating a waste of wires.

An additional object of the invention is to produce a device of thecharacter described that is waterproof, thus eliminating the danger of arusting of the wires.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which iseconomical to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device showing a portion thereof brokenaway.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view on an enlarged scale showing themanner in which wires are dispensed.

In florist shops it is common to employ relatively small wires for thepurpose of stiffening the buds and the stems, so that they will be selfsupporting in floral pieces or in making up of bouquets, and these wiresare usually sold in boxes with the result that the user has to pick up asingle wire at a time, which to the florist is a tedius operation due totheir smallness.

Applicant has devised a dispenser having a perforated end and soarranged that only a few wires are projected through the perforated endat each actuation of the device.

In the accompanying drawing wherein for the purpose of illustration isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates acontainer open at one end and having a spring 6 secured to the bottomthereof and extending upwardly toward the closed end, abracket l issecured to the closed end and a crank 8 is pivoted adjacent the openend, this crank is connected to a hand lever 9, the purpose of whichwill be later seen. A cross shaft ll extends across the box-likestructure and forms a fulcrum upon which a container I2 rests, stops I3carried upon the bottom of the container serve to position the same uponthe cross shaft as illustrated in Figure 1. The container has a frontplate 14 which is perforated, whereby wires l6 positioned therein may beprojected therethrough. The container 12 is provided with a cover ll. Inuse a quantity of wires 16 are placed within the container and thecontainer is positioned upon the cross shaft H, by now pressing upon thelever 9 the front end of the container will be elevated until thecontainer engages the bracket '1, the lever is now released and thespring tilts the container into engagement with the crank 8 and causes ajiggling motion, with the result that one or two of the top wires willproject themselves through the openings in the perforated plate wherethey may be readily grasped for use. The lower wires will remain withinthe receptacle and only the top wires will be projected.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a dispenser of the character described, a box like structurehaving an open end, a spring secured to the bottom of said structure andprojecting upwardly, toward the closed end thereof, a cross shaftpositioned in said box like structure, a container positioned on saidshaft, said container having a perforated end plate adjacent the openend of said box like structure, and means for vibrating said containerto dispense a rod. like commodity through said perforated end plate.

2. In a dispenser of the character described, a box like structurehaving an open end, a spring secured to the bottom of said structure andprojecting upwardly, toward the closed end thereof, a cross shaftpositioned in said box like structure, a container positioned on saidshaft, said container having a perforated end plate adjacent the openend of said box like structure, and means for vibrating said containerto dispense a rod like commodity through said perforated end plate, saidmeans including a pivoted lever and a crank, said crank engaging thebottom of the said container.

DONALD G. METZGUS.

